Timekeeping in bacteria: The cyanobacterial circadian clock

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 535-540

  Golden, Susan S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0346103754     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2003.10.012     Document Type: Review

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